Berks Ag Event Calendar
Find your next event here, from credit courses to weekend family fun! This calendar is a community effort to benefit farmers and non-farmers alike! Browse events by photo tiles, list, or calendar view. Search by titles, topics, audience or other criteria. Click the event title for more details on each event.
- This event has passed.
Home Food Preservation: Pickling
August 2, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$5.00Learn all about pickling foods!
When: Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023 | 6 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.
Registration deadline: July 31, 2023 | 11:59 p.m.
Home Food Preservation: Pickling will explain the scientific reasoning behind today’s recommended methods for making and processing pickled products, while dispelling food preservation myths and unsafe practices of the past. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in home food preservation. Canning, in the form of pickling, is a great way to enjoy seasonal foods all year long. While this method of home food preservation has existed for centuries, we have learned much about the science behind this practice in recent years. The Home Food Preservation series of webinars will provide you with the scientific background, preparation tips, and safe processing methods to preserve food at home.
What will you learn?
- The basics of water bath and atmospheric steam canning for processing pickled products, which include pickles, other vegetables, fruits and relishes
- The important role acid plays in canning pickled products
- Use of optional ingredients
- Refrigerator pickles
- Fermented pickles
If you have a change to an already submitted event or need to cancel and remove your event on our calendar, please contact DepartmentofAg@CountyofBerks.com